Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
The Revelaires* Great Pretender Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Loni Gamble Dance to it ST
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Matt Lucas* Leave the Light On Baby Matt Gets Blue
Priscilla* Rollins Why Can't I touch You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
David Amram Song for Kenya Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
David Amram Your Smile On My Mind Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Jonathan Edwards Sailboat Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Alpha Centauri You Shot Me Down ST
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Are You Confused Love Serenade
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Zambonis* Helmet (instrumental) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ursa Major* Back to the Land ST
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Honky Tonk Angel
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Matt Lucas* Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Ellen McIlwaine Lazarus Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Cal* Bostic Let It Be Me Introducing...
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Fisherboys Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Aarons And Ackley* L.A. You And I
Aarons And Ackley* N.F.S. You And I
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes Ukrainian Pops
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Ellen McIlwaine All to You We the People
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Can't Find My Way Home Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Good Time Blues Shirley Lewis Show Band
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Green Rye Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Matt Lucas* The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Hutsal Ksenia Ukrainian Pops
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Alpha Centauri Love Only You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST (mono)
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra It Only Takes a Moment And I Love Her
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

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